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THNHA March Bird Meeting
Ivor is well on the mend after his hip operation and should be back in action after 4 to 6 weeks recuperation. His stay in hospital did not stop him from observing the local birds, female...

PYTHON ROCK, PAT’S BLUFF AND BRISTLEBIRD CREEK WALKIt was a windy and surprisingly cold day for this time of year. Julie, Susan and Gail set off at 6am for the start of the Python Rock track with Susan at...

Leader - Paul
Nine Club members (Paul, John, Peter & Sara, Sue, Colin, Julie, Joy, Elizabeth) were pleased to welcome and share the day with two new walkers (Craig & Lori).
On arrival at Gwongorella Car Park the walkers set off for...

Our recent working bee on Saturday 2nd February was the first for 2008. The group welcomed a new member, David who put in a huge effort. We were fortunate that the predicted rain held off until the evening so we...

The Tamborine Bush Volunteers (TBV) welcomed Kelly, Margaret and Jessie to our last working bee at Joalah section Tamborine National Park. Planting a tree for the future is always a popular activity when revegetating the national park. Behind this activity...

We commonly use the term parasite as quite an apt description of self-interested human hangers-on who benefit from the work of others without contributing anything themselves. The term used more scientifically, generally refers to an individual organism (parasite) which has...

Insects are not usually popular flagship species, but there are exceptions, such as the spectacular Richmond Birdwing Butterfly (Ornithoptera richmondia) which we are fortunate enough to see on Tamborine Mountain.

Crossing the footbridge over Cedar Creek we were intrigued by the sound of Rainbow Lorikeets shrieking away overhead and looked up to see a huge Blue Quandong (Eleaocarpus grandis) absolutely thick with white blossom. Shrubbery around Peat’s Crossing...

The July 2016 expedition turned out to be surprisingly fruitful, bearing in mind this is usually the worst birding month of the year in terms of species and we covered only the small area from Beaudesert to what is now called Wyaralong. We got a very creditable count of 83 species which was a lot more than most of us had expected. Our focus was on Old Beaudesert Road and the area just east of it around the top end of Lake Wyaralong, though we included all birds seen along the Beaudesert-Boonah Road.

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Book - Mistletoes of Subtropical Queensland, New South Wales and Victoria

Copies of the excellent & definitive “ The Mistletoes of Subtropical Queensland, New South Wales and Victoria” by local authors John Moss & Ross Kendall now on sale at $27.50 from Mike Russell (5545 3601).

Book - Flora and Fauna of Tamborine Mountain

TAMBORINE MOUNTAIN FLORA & FAUNA by Russell, Leiper, White, Francis, Hauser, McDonald & Sims is now on sale at local outlets for $15.

Why does attentiveness to nature matter? In a very fundamental sense, we are what we pay attention to. Paying heed to beauty, grace, and everyday miracles promotes a sense of possibility and coherence that runs deeper and truer than the often illusory commercial, social "realities" advanced by mainstream contemporary culture. ... Our attention is precious, and what we choose to focus it on has enormous consequences. What we choose to look at, and to listen to--these choices change the world. As Thich Nhat Hanh has pointed out, we become the bad television programs that we watch. A society that expends its energies tracking the latest doings of the celebrity couple is fundamentally distinct from one that watches for the first arriving spring migrant birds, or takes a weekend to check out insects in a mountain stream, or looks inside flowers to admire the marvelous ingenuities involved in pollination. The former tends to drag culture down to its lowest commonalities; the latter can lift us up in a sense of unity with all life. The Way of Natural History, edited by Thomas Lowe Fleischner and published by Trinity University Press (Texas)